The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Xbox One)

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Having the left and right triggers (or mouse buttons) mapped to swinging with their respective arms is a nice addition, too; the ability to alternate adds a tad more authenticity to Spidey's wild and fast swinging, as does cutting around a corner by using the inside arm. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is an open world action-adventure video game [1] [2] based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man and the 2014 film of the same name. The game introduces a new morality system known as the Hero and Menace System, where completing these side missions will increase Spider-Man's reputation and cause him to be seen as a "Hero" by the general public, and failing to respond to certain crimes in time will result in Spider-Man's reputation decreasing and him becoming a "Menace".

Everything is pretty straight forward, but a bit of grinding out XP will be required for the completion.Spider-Man tries to reason with Electro, who blames Spider-Man for abandoning him, but is forced to fight him, resulting in the latter's death. Archive footage from the game is featured in the 2023 animated feature film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, in which the game's depiction of Uncle Ben's death is used during Miguel O'Hara's demonstration of "canon events" across the Spider-Verse. Still, being able to spend time with Spider-Man was enough for me to stomach the various problems, just because he's a fun character to listen to. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is yet another example of what happens when games are rushed out to coincide with a movie release date. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).

In fact, there have been other open-world games starring Spider-Man that walk a remarkably similar path. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is the last Spider-Man video game (and by extension, the final Marvel game) to be published by Activision, who lost the game publishing rights to multiple Marvel characters shortly before the game's release. This is really tedious as you won't even have half of the suits upgraded once you're done with the story and the required side missions.This will knock the enemy out for a short while giving you the opportunity to perform a signature move. On the Wii U, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, the hardware is able to keep pace with a few graphical concessions. If you want to see outside the five-to-six block radius or drop a beacon, you’ll have to pause and access Spidey’s phone menu as you’d do in every other version. From where, players can replay story missions and equip alternate costumes for Spider-Man, unlocked from investigating Russian Hideouts or via DLC. Like the last movie tie-in, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 attempts to be Arkham-lite when it comes to combat, and fails due to its repetitive nature.

By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Play as Peter Parker: Play as Spider-Man's citizen alter-ego persona as you investigate the motivations of multifaceted villains.PlayStation 4: Playthrough 1 PlayStation 4: Playthrough 2 While waiting for the performance video to render, we replayed the PS4 version from the beginning to see if environmental detail altered from one playthrough to the next. Villains from the film as well as fan-favorite, classic Marvel characters are woven together in a twisted web of adrenaline-fueled, *-roaming, web-slinging action that puts players on a collision course with an evil far beyond Spider-Man's reckoning. A twisted web of adrenaline-fueled, free-roaming, web-slinging action weaves together villains from the film as well as fan-favorite, iconic Marvel characters, putting players on a collision course with an evil far beyond Spiderman reckoning.

Where the movies at least make an effort to give you nuanced introductions and unique team-ups, this bland plot throws just about every single one of the seven supervillans into the fray individually and without fanfare, particularly at the end. Beenox originally planned to develop the 3DS version of the game, but dropped due to unknown reasons and was given to High Voltage Software instead.Developed by Beenox, it is the sequel to 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man, and takes place within the same continuity, different from that of the films. Gamer Network Limited, Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom, registered under company number 03882481. Players have access to all of Spider-Man's superhuman abilities, including web swinging and wall crawling.